Good option for a local breakfast, good service too…read more Buena opción para un desayuno local, buen servicio también.

Casa da Tata's looks and feels like your grandma's house. The daily cake offerings are fantastic as…read moreis the coffee. The atmosphere is quiet and oftentimes people are just hanging out working on their laptops or reading a book. Besides breakfast, they also post lunch specials on their website. The feijoada I had one Saturday afternoon was on point...the farofa was the best I've had, fluffy and toasty but not overly salted. Maybe I should start a farofa review blog...

Bibi Sucos has a lot of great options for breakfast and lunch, but I came in to try one of their…read moreaçaí bowls. As a visitor, this is a must when in Brazil. I ordered a small bowl and it was a big portion. Toppings are an extra charge, individually priced, and come on the side. I chose bananas, toasted coconut, and honey. The acai bowl is sweet enough on its own, so honey isn't necessary, but the toasted coconut added a great texture. This is a great restaurant. There is plenty of indoor and covered outdoor seating, a colorful atmosphere, and I was attended to quickly.

Short walk from the JW Marriott, this outside dining option offered some snacks and the breakfasts…read morelooked plentiful. The falafal was a bit different but the fresh juice and smoothies were refeshing. The acai bowls looked tempting but we did not have time to try. Service was pleasant and patient with our google translate. Everywhere seems to accept Visa without issues,

Best grill in Rio!!!! The sushi was out of this world, you have to ask for the black beans with…read moregarlic but it's worth the trouble, and the meat is never ending and amazing every time!!!!

Good hearty portion of food and the price is right. Small on the strip diner serve a lot of juices…read moreand food. I ordered the Beef Stroganoff. I don't think it is the exact Russian recipe. However, it is buttery and creamy. Very tender beef. I love every bite. If you want to go for healthier choice, I would go for Rotisserie chicken. Most of the dishes there I see are come with Rice and light fried seasoned potato cube. They are excellent to go with the sauce. It is a small diner with a bar center station, perfect if you go there alone and try to have some comfort food and the dessert place is just across the street for Gelato.

This place is great for authentic homestyle Brazilian food with classic like Feijoada (certain…read moredays), canja (grandma chicken soup), sandwiches and Cozido Portuguese(stew of meats veggies and beans). Pizza is popular but not the best offering and not high quality nor authentic IMO. If wake up late I come here for eggs (served all day) and coffee (filteres the old style Brazilian way). The have counter seating to which is great for single diners.

Wow. This place has the most amazing breakfast I have had in Rio. There is a lot of different…read morechoices, the pastries, breads, cakes and quiches are amazing. The service was great, but of course we are only English speaking. So be patient because just like everywhere else in Rio, barely anyone speaks English. This can be very frustrating but you have to realize it is not their fault. Most higher educated speak somewhat English, waiters etc rarely do. The ambience was really mellow, kid and pet friendly. Milena was amazing, super patient and sweet and really tried her best to help us. Google translate is your friend here!

From my one experience here ordering the meal Completo, my impression was that this is your place…read moreif you can tolerate quantity over quality. The dining space consists of a small indoors and a decent sized outdoors patio. My waitress was not exceptionally friendly when I tried to order in Portugese and when I asked for clarification in English she didn't try to help. The Completo meal itself was very massive and came in several installments. They started off with the drinks, freshly squeezed orange juice and a cafe con leiche (basically a latte), both were delicious but came too early. Next came the scrambled eggs which were consumable on its own but was rather bland and no salt nor pepper were available on the table. They then brought out the cold cuts, cheese and jam without the bread basket for several minutes so I sat there thinking if I should just start eating each individually and cut my losses. However, when the bread basket came, oh was it glorious!! As mentioned in my picture, it included several cut sourdoughs, plain bread and whole wheat, as well as a fresh butter croissant and a few pão de quiejos. They were all warm to the touch and crispy, which makes me think (or at least hope) they were made semi fresh. The jam, cheese and cold cuts they provided were plentiful to create several sweet and/or savory mini sandwiches to devour. I loved this basket and emptied it promptly; it was the highlight of my meal and definitely not to be missed when visiting. I had recently travelled to Portugal so I had to try this cafe's pasteis de nata and boy did it resemble the freshly baked Pasteis de Belem in Lisboa. Like the bread basket, it was warm and crispy. Would HIGHLY recommend passerbys to try this! All in all, this was a mediocre dining experience with an INCREDIBLE bread basket and pasteis de nata (let that be the positive takeaway). If you're hungry, this is the place to be for its copious meals, otherwise you can probably find better quality in the various cafes across Ipanema.

Amazing açaí and pan de queijo. The pan de queijo here is some of the best I've had in rio. Menu is…read moresmall, service is quick, quality is great.

The apartment I rented in Santa Teresa was only a few blocks away so this place became my go to for…read morebreakfast. An açaí bowl and 2 cheese bread roughly converted to $2.30 USD. This is the best and cheapest place to get your fixed. On a few occasions, I decided to try other açaí/ cheese bread place and immediately regretted it - far more expensive and mediocre cheese bread. Side note: apparently this place is the best kept secret, but not so secret, to get cheese bread.

Super cute little hole in the wall. I had the parma salad with the mustard and honey dressing and a…read morelemon iced tea. The iced tea came in a plastic bottle, it wasn't brewed so no worries about drinking the water. The mustard & honey dressing was delicious!! The prosciutto was sliced perfectly thin and the salad was fresh as well. Service was great! The place was super cute and the waitress was very friendly. She didn't speak English however, I just used my "say hi" app to translate any questions we had

Came here for breakfast during our trip to Rio and we had a good experience. The staff is very…read morefriendly and the food is good. We had some sandwiches recommended by the staff and they came out quick and tasted delicious. We also ordered their waffle with jelly and it was okay. The reason for the 4 stars is because the waffle was really soggy.

Quite an interesting experience. You walk into this place and it appears as though its an…read moreold-school, five-star establishment except we were in flip flops covered and sand and they let us in The economy in Rio isn't great so maybe that's why they were a little more forgiving. Sadly we came hunting for feijoada, which they weren't serving that day. So we ordered the Greek style octopus which sadly came as a cheesey potato stew. It was ok; I prefer my seafood fresh and citrusy vs. buttered and stewed but that's just my preference. Servings here are huge by the way, and beware.. and they take the plates to another table to cut up before they serve you (so if you're a food-picture-taker-obsessor like me, pay attention and be sure to ask before they portion). My friend ordered the chicken milanese which I learned is very popular in South America and it was very delicious. It's like a fried/thinned cutlet with mashed potatoes and gravy. The gravy may have double for the octopus stew now that I think about it. I literally LOLd when my hearts of palm salad came out. It had no dressing (not abnormal in SA) and was it was just literally 10 giant hearts of palm sticking up off the plate. After I dressed it myself I enjoyed it, I've never eaten palms of this size but definitely one noted , Would have loved to see it paired with some butter lettuce, onions, tomatoes, corn maybe - anything? The Pao de Queijo/Cheese empanada thing was good, nothing mind blowing. The servers were very friendly and kind. Just so bummed I couldn't try the feijoada. Overall, I was pretty surprised at the experience given their 5-star rating, but its just a fresh humble reminder expectations are a little different in Rio compared to SF- and that is totally ok:)

Degraus has a very old-school vibe to it. The servers are very formal.. this is the kind of place…read moreyour father takes you to...keep it simple, keep it classy. Hands down this was the best meal I had in Rio. Me and a friend shared some sort of grilled seafood platter that had a little bit of everything. I knew I had ordered the right plate when I tried the Octopus and it was perfectly cooked, just like the fish, the shrimp and every other item in our platter. The pasteles were also very good and the service was excellent. While I was too busy eating my platter to remember what the rest of our party of 12 ordered, everyone was happy with their meal. It isn't easy to please a party of 12.